Lavalette, WV is a small town in the rolling hills of West Virginia. It is home to a tight-knit community of people who care deeply about their town and its politics. Local elections are often contested between several different candidates, each offering their own unique perspectives on how to best serve the citizens of Lavalette. Voters pride themselves in making informed decisions that will ultimately benefit them and their neighbors. Issues such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, public safety, and economic growth are regularly discussed in the local political arena. With an active city council and mayor representing the interests of Lavalette's citizens, the town strives to remain a vibrant and prosperous part of West Virginia.
The political climate in Lavalette, WV is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, WV is very conservative. In Wayne County, WV 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lavalette, WV is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, West Virginia is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland Metro Area is very conservative.
West Virginia is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lavalette, West Virginia: r r R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lavalette, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $3,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $12,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)